Lush / Chorus / five-CD box set

Prime yourself for the 2016 reformation of Lush, by dipping into Chorus, an extensive new five-CD anthology of their work in the late Eighties and Nineties, or sample some Lush career highlights on the first-ever vinyl pressing of Ciao! Best of Lush…
The Chorus deluxe set, issued by the 4AD label, follows the evolution of the band’s sound from so-called ‘shoegazing’ to Britpop-y, with their three studio albums – Spooky (1992), Split (1994) and Lovelife (1996). These are bookended by compilations, Gala (1990) and Topolino (1996), which incorporate their first mini-album Scar, and a string of singles and EPs they recorded during their career. There are 105 tracks in total, including a liberal sprinkling of unreleased demos, radio sessions, remixes and rarities.

The five CDs are presented within a plush hardcover book, designed by Chris Bigg, a long-time associate of the band and former collaborator at the v23 graphic design studio.

The tragic suicide of drummer Chris Acland in October 1996, left his band-mates utterly bereft and they never performed again together before officially announcing the band’s dissolution in 1998. Seventeen years on, buoyed by popular demand from Lush fans, the band announced their reunion on Facebook in September 2015. The line-up that will headline London’s Roundhouse on 6/7 May 2016 consists of Lush stalwarts Miki Berenyi (guitar/vocals), Emma Anderson (guitar/vocals) and Phil King (bass) with the addition of Justin Welch, formerly of Elastica and an old friend of Acland, on drums.

Back in 2001, the band released Ciao! Best of Lush dedicated to Acland’s memory, and this is being pressed on vinyl for the first time. For those in North America/Canada, a limited first run on double red vinyl will be available from your local independent record store on 27 November for Record Store Day/ Black Friday, however it is widely available in Europe via more traditional channels.

The Chorus box set is released a week later on 4 December (22 January in North America).

45 responses to Lush / Chorus / five-CD box set

On Discogs there are a lot o complains about the repress being defective??

“I’ve bought this set twice now, and all the discs skipped. Hopefully this is remedied soon.”

“This release is defective and I requested replacements and they were defective also.
Has anyone received non-defective pressings? If yes, please provide pics.”

“My first copy skipped on all 5 discs as did my replacement. Beware until they remedy this major problem.”

“Watch out, many copies of this box skip all over, especially on HQ gear. Poor quality control.
I will have to return my copy to Amazon. Be aware of this before you buy it!
To clarify, I have the repress with Mould SID code IFPI ACLC3.
Discs 1-3 cannot be ripped 100% securely on 2 ofmy 3 CD-ROM drives.”

???

Does anybody if there were major problems with this repress / second pressing …

I bought several for my collection and I don’t want to open them just to test??

Worth keeping a eye on the price at the moment. I bagged a copy at just over £22 this morning after it had been hovering around the £25-30 mark on Amazon. Last time I checked the price had risen again. Should be back in stock March 9th. Norman Records seems a good bet at £25.

JPC in Germany still has them stocked.
Not a bad price either: €32.99 (around £26) + €6 (around £4.75) postage to UK.
So roughly £31 including postage. When ordering multiple copies the postage stays the same so even cheaper that way.

Now sold out and saying it’s being remanufactured and available at the end of the month… I hope the 2 copies I’ve ordered (before I posted about it here) will still be the first batch so I’ll have it soon. Fingers crossed.

I purchased a copy in the states from Amazon for $44.99. It’s been shipped and due for arrival on 1/28/16. I preordered a few months ago and received a notice it would be in stock. This was about a week and a half ago. I assume they only got a few copies to sell because it’s not listed as being in stock at this time.

It seems weird that it would sell out so quickly. There was no mention of it being limited on the 4AD site, as opposed to the red vinyl Ciao!, which was stated to be limited. I’d be surprised if they didn’t press more.

It’s quite pretty, with the shiny embossing on the cover. It has the typical “CDs between pages making them hard to remove without touching the face” design that is unfathomably popular nowadays. Plenty of track info, but no commentary whatsoever.

Anyone in the U.S. received their order? I ordered from amoeba records back in December, and they are now back ordered also. Did the record company underestimate demand? Only other supplier I can find at a reasonable price is Best Buy, and they estimate delivery date for March.

Well mine just dispatched from Juno records,only five in stock it would seem and sold very quickly ,just how limited is this?l have a dead can dance box set and that was only fifteen hundred and is a prize possession

I can add another couple of versions not included – Nothing Natural 7″ version and When I Die remix by Scott Litt.
It’s funny how a bands B-sides can get compiled but A-side versions get overlooked. It happened with Pixies too. And maybe more surprisingly, to The Police – all those single edits that were huge hits, but never made it to CD.